Imitation braided button



March 25, 1930. s. SCHLOSBERG IMITATION BRAIDED BUTTON Filed Nov. 14, 1928 Patented Mar. 25, 1930 UNITED STATES SAMUEL SGHLOSBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMITATION BRAIDED BUTTON The device, the subject of this invention, is a button, and the objects of the invention are to produce a button that will have all of the appearance of a so-called braided button, and in using the term braided button, I mean that type of button which is made up from a series of strips of leather, which are overlapped one upon the other, and then pressed into position and polished. These braided buttons are made entirely of leather, and are therefore expensive.

It has been found that braided buttons cannot be made in the United States in competition with the foreign production, and primarily because of the higher cost of labor and material, and therefore leather buttons are for the most part imported. The object 7 of my invention, then, is to provide buttons that will have all of the advantages and decorative features of braided buttons, and yet will be produced more economically.

Another object of the invention is to produce a button that will give longer service than thebraided button, for as the braided buttons are made of several pieces overlapped, not only do the edges of the several pieces fray, but the pieces become detached from each other, and displaced so that at best, a braided button is but of short life.

The following is what I consider the'best means of carrying out this invention, and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows.

In the drawing Fig. 1, shows a top plan view of a button, 7 Fig. 2, a side elevation thereof,

Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional view. and

Fig. 4, a still further enlarged view of a part removed. 7 7

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 1, I show the upper shell of a button,-

and at 2, the disk or lower shell member. The disk 2 is covered with a disk of leather,

Application filed November 14, 1928. Serial No. 319,347.

as shown at 3, the edges of the leather being in-turned at 4 and 5, over the edges of the disk 2. A central perforation through the disk and leather arranged thereover, and as indicated at 6, is provided for the reception of a loop 7, by means of which the button may be secured to the garment. In Fig. 4:, I show the formation of the loop member. The loop member is cut from a flat piece of leather, and has a body member 7 and heads or ends 8 and9, the ends or heads being of a greater width than the body member, so that when this flat piece ofleather is bent at midlength and the loop passed through the perforation 6, the heads 8 and 9 will retain the loop in position.

The body member 1, or shell, as it is sometimes called, is also covered with leather, as indicated at l0,'the edges of the leather 11 and 12 being turned in over the edges of the shell member 1, and thereafter the shell member is clamped upon the disk 2, and I may or may not fill the space within the shell with cardboard or paper, or other material.

After the shell 1 is covered as shown at 10, the outer or exposed portion of the leather is submitted to' the pressure of adie, which presses into the exposed surface, a series of irregular channels 13, the channeling being arranged so as to give the exposed surface of the leather, the appearance of a braided leather button. The channels do not extend through the leather, but only into it to the necessary extent, and for thatreason, the 5 leather on the face of the button must considerable thickness.

While I am aware that covered buttons are have ' not new, I am also aware that no attempt has been made to cover a button with leather and to thereafter emboss the leather, or provide it with channels so that it will have the appearance of a braided button. V

Having carefully and fully described my invention, That-I claim anddesire to secure I by Letters Patent is Y An imitation braided button comprising a shell, a one-piece leather covering for said shell and of considerable thickness, a closing disk for said shell, a covering for said closing disk, a loop passing through said closing disk, the ends of saidloop being provided With-heads of greater Width than the midportion, said heads being arranged at the inner side of said closing disk to retain said loop and said shell covering having embossed therein, a desi n. V

S AMUEL SCHLOSBERG. 

